What do you think about marrying or dating someone that is divorced. Has time changed the word of God? Mark 10:12 "And if she divorces her husband an marries another man, she commits adultry" I am a man looking for a wife and since I'm almost 40 the pickings seem to be slim. I guess that the Spirt is giving me some direction.
2006-12-08 19:41:21 · 6 answers · asked by swami242 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Time doesn't change the word of God. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. -Hebrews 13:8, NIV.......The bible states that you are to marry someone who hasn't had a divorce unless because of adultery or abandonment.
This is a good article on divorce;
http://www.thebiblespeaks.com/Donts/divorce.htm
I understand what you mean, at age 40 a lot of people have been already married once, even believers of the Word. It is always a good idea to pray that God will lead you to the right person, whether she is 40 or younger or older. It maybe that God has in store for you to marry someone younger, especially if he has plans for children for you.
2006-12-08 19:53:02 · answer #1 · answered by JustJane 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God does speak through your heart and conscience, and though that is one passage from the bible, recall that Jesus did reveal himself as The Messiah to a woman of shame who had never married but had lived with five different men. Now that was an honor, no? Life perhaps offered that woman no other oppurtunity than to sin, yet Jesus treated her with dignity and respect. So, pehaps in modern society there are few alternatives for some than to divorce. Sometimes women are afraid of life, and marry as a type of security, or to escape an abusive family when they are too young, only to have entered into something even worse. just make certain that a woman who was divorced was one who did for a valid reason such as abuse, or neglect, or a cheating husband, anything other than "irreconcilable differences" , because that shows you that she would enter marriage casually, thinking that she could always get divorced later on if she changes her mind.
2006-12-09 04:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a spirit filled Christian(61 years of age). Divorce is not a very nice thing. God hates divorce, but sometimes life becomes unbearable unless there is a divorce. I would not have a problem with a divorced person. Just make sure that's the person you really want to be with.
I Cr 13;8a 12-9-6
2006-12-09 04:00:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess for me, and I did marry late in life and married a divorced believer, I had the criteria that divorce was permissible in the cases of abandonment, adultery and abuse. In my case, my wife was involved in a cult (JWs) and when she wanted out, he abandoned her. Other believers may disagree and that is fine. I know I did it out of faith and a good conscience. I have never been convicted by the Spirit about this.
2006-12-09 03:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you do what your conscience and heart are telling you. Through them, God speaks to you, directly.
If God wants you to have a wife, he will bring one your way. A divorced woman is a single woman. God did not forbid the divorce, the church did, and the church is full of hypocricy and lies.
The bible was compiled 325 yeas after Christ and edited a 1000 times, since. Who are you woried about? God, or the laws of Hypocrits who themselves were not living up to them?
Ask God for guidance through your heart! And best of luck.
2006-12-09 03:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow, I have been a christian for long time, love the Lord, and know my Bible, but, I cant answer you. Pray!!!
BTW, time has not changed the word of God
May you get the answers you want
2006-12-09 03:50:01 · answer #6 · answered by <::SmOkEy::> 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋